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VMA predictions: Hozier’s ‘Take Me to Church’ ahead of Fall Out Boy for Best Rock Video

Hozier‘s Grammy-nominated breakthrough hit “Take Me to Church” will also take him to the VMA winner’s circle on Sunday: he’s the frontrunner to win Best Rock Video. Is he a lock? Maybe not. Our Top 24 Users (those two dozen folks who did the best predicting last year’s VMA winners) warn of a possible upset by Fall Out Boy.

Based on our combined predictions, Hozier does have a significant advantage. He gets 2/3 odds based on support from five out of six Editors, 17 of our Top 24 Users and 69% of all Users. This is the first VMA nomination for the Irish singer-songwriter, but that may not be a disadvantage. Lorde won this category on her first try last year for her breakthrough hit “Royals.”

Meanwhile, Fall Out Boy are nominated for the fourth time and are still looking for their first win. This year they contend for “Uma Thurman,” but while none of our Editors is predicting them to win, 14% of Users and four of our Top 24 Users say they’ll prevail, giving them 5/1 odds. Included among its supporters is BruceTsai, who had the highest score among all VMA predictors last year. Is he on the right track?

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Last year, our Editors, Users and Top 24 Users all tied with an accuracy rate of 37.50%, so we’re all hoping for redemption this time around. (Click on any of those groups to see what they got right and wrong last year.)